The Jungfrau, Afternoon Sunlight

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CHARLES COURTNEY CURRAN (1861-1942)
The Jungfrau, Afternoon Sunlight
signed and dated 'Chas. C. Curran. 1900.' (lower left)
oil on canvas
22 x 18 in. (55.9 x 45.7 cm.)
Painted in 1900.

Provenance

Art Study Club, Toledo, Ohio.
Gift to the present owner from the above, 1905.

Literature

Toledo Museum of Art News, no. 3, November 1909, p. 1.
S.E. Strickler, The Toledo Museum of Art: American Paintings, Toledo, Ohio, 1979, pp. 38, 170, pl. 119, illustrated.

Exhibited

Chicago, Illinois, Art Institute of Chicago, 14th Annual Exhibition of Oil Paintings and Sculpture by American Artists, October 29-December 8, 1901, p. 21.
New York, Society of American Artists, 23rd Annual Exhibition, March 30-May 4, 1901, p. 27.
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, 71st Annual Exhibition, January 20-March 1, 1902, p. 21.
Brooklyn, New York, Pratt Institute, 1904.
Indianapolis, Indiana, John Herron Art Institute, Annual Exhibition of American Painting, 1908.
Findlay, Ohio, Findlay College, 22 American Paintings Lent by the Toledo Museum, 1949.
Toledo, Ohio, Toledo Museum of Art, Fiftieth Anniversary Exhibition of Contemporary American Oil Paintings Acquired by the Toledo Museum, 1901-1951, August-September 1951.
Memphis, Tennessee, Dixon Gallery and Gardens; Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, Frick Art and Historical Center; Columbia, South Carolina, Columbia Museum of Art, Charles Courtney Curran: Seeking the Ideal, July 27, 2014- May 17, 2015, pp. 51, 117, no. 18, illustrated.

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Lot Essay

Following his showing at the Grand Palais des Beaux-Arts at the 1900 Exposition Universelle in Paris, Charles Courtney Curran traveled to Switzerland with his family, where he executed fourteen paintings of the Jungfrau in the Swiss Alps, including the present work. According to Maia Jalenak, "This series is notable because it is purely landscapes without figures. Curran considered the works important in his career, and they were shown at several annual exhibitions in the years following the exposition." (Charles Courtney Curran: Seeking the Ideal, exhibition catalogue, Memphis, Tennessee, 2014, p. 51)

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